This site on the south side of Dublin Avenue (formally Notre Dame Avenue) in Winnipeg, served by a spur line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, was commissioned in April 1906 as a manufacturing plant for the Dominion Bridge Company. Originally measuring 70 feet wide by 200 feet long, a metalworking building was constructed by the firm of Davidson Brothers at a cost of about $25,000.
In 1912, a brick addition measuring 194 feet by 480 feet was built by the construction firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger at a cost of about $50,000, tripling the size of the plant.
Dominion Bridge Plant (1906)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 6 December 1906, page 29.
Interior of the Dominion Bridge Plant (1918)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 17 May 1918, page 25.
20-ton gantry crane at the Dominion Bridge Plant (1918)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 17 May 1918, page 25.
Dominion Bridge Plant (1931)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 14 September 1931, page 11.
Dominion Bridge Plant (June 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Aerial view of the Dominion Bridge Plant (March 2024)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the Dominion Bridge Plant (April 2024)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the Dominion Bridge Plant (April 2024)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Dominion Bridge Plant during demolition (May 2024)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91059, W97.19375
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Dominion Bridge Company
Manitoba Business: Davidson Brothers
Manitoba Business: Carter-Halls-Aldinger / Commonwealth Construction Company
“This will be record year,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 February 1906, page 2.
“Big industry in west end,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 April 1906, page 1.
“Building plant in Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Telegram, 18 September 1906, page 20.
“Real estate review,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 October 1906, page 6.
“Friday’s building permits,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 October 1909, page 16.
“Many buildings are going up,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1911, page 9.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2821/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Bridge company increases facility,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 July 1912, page 15.
“Dominion Bridge Co. Limited - Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 May 1918, page 25.
“Dominion Bridge addition,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 July 1929, page 25.
“Fine tribute to local engineers and artisans,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 September 1931, page 11.
“Dominion Bridge Company plans expansion here,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 January 1932, page 1.
“Workers eye buying steel plant,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 September 1998, page 31.
“Dominion Bridge plant jumps back into action,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1999, page 24.
“Dominion Bridge tax sale may be city’s richest,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 December 2009, page B2.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 11 October 2024
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